A total of 9 pictures 1905 Movie Network News On March 15, the theme dialogue on why we need science fiction movies was held in Beijing. Denis Villeneuve, director of the "Dune" series, talks with Fan Guo, director of the "Wandering Earth" series, and talks about his experience in creating science fiction movies.
Villeneuve said that he had watched both "The Wandering Earth" movies and was moved by the film's display of sacrifice and grief. He also praised the scene scheduling, visual effects, persuasion, etc. He also laughed and said: "The Wandering Earth 2" ” is so grand that it makes my movie feel like an independent film! Guo Fan also responded humbly: The "Dune" series has a very high degree of completion in terms of story and visual effects, and it is an example for Chinese filmmakers to learn from.
The "Dune" and "The Wandering Earth" series are both adapted from well-known science fiction novels. Regarding the difficulties of literary adaptation, Villeneuve said: "The original works of "Dune" are very grand descriptions. We need to sink this story down to the details. We need to There are sacrifices and trade-offs, capturing the content in the novel that has a special cinematic language and texture, and at the same time presenting it in a very simple way.
Guo Fan thanked the original author Liu Cixin for giving a lot of space for film creation. He believed that the adaptation of images should be different from literary works and novels, because after all, it is a different literary carrier. Therefore, with the recognition and support of Teacher Da Liu, we bravely made such an attempt. We did not use any characters in it, but only used the entire world view.
When asked why we need science fiction works, Villeneuve said: Science fiction allows us to explore different themes in an interesting way. For example, if the story of "Dune 2" is set in the contemporary real world and real cultural background, , may be offensive. And in the interstellar future setting, I have complete freedom to say what I want to say.
At the event, the Chinese version of sandworms, bamboo shoots jelly and donkey rolling also made a surprise appearance. Villeneuve admitted that he generally does not associate sandworms with food, and commented sharply that the bamboo shoots jelly has a unique shape, much like the one from Red. Straight out of a Leigh Scott movie.
During the gift exchange session, the two gave each other signed posters and made the sign of 3, looking forward to the arrival of "Dune 3" and "The Wandering Earth 3" together. At the same time, Guo Fan also gave Hainan specialty dried sandworms and "The Wandering Earth 2" peripheral robot dog Benben as gifts.
